1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to solid waste; requiring certain commercial buildings to recycle;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.151.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.151, is amended to read:
1.6 	115A.151 RECYCLABLE MATERIAL CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS; 
1.7 	PUBLIC ENTITIES AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
1.8 	(a) A public entity and the owner of a commercial building shall:
1.9 	(1) ensure that facilities under its control, from which mixed municipal solid waste 
1.10 	is collected, have containers for at least three recyclable materials, such as, but not limited 
1.11 	to, paper, glass, plastic, and metal; and
1.12 	(2) transfer all recyclable materials collected to a recycler.
1.13 	(b) For the purposes of this section:
1.14 	(1) "public entity" means the state, an office, agency, or institution of the state, 
1.15 	the Metropolitan Council, a metropolitan agency, the Metropolitan Mosquito Control 
1.16 	Commission, the legislature, the courts, a county, a statutory or home rule charter city, a 
1.17 	town, a school district, a special taxing district, or any entity that receives an appropriation 
1.18 	from the state for a capital improvement project after August 1, 2002;
1.19 	(2) "metropolitan agency" and "Metropolitan Council," have the meanings given 
1.20 	them in section 473.121; and
1.21 	(3) "Metropolitan Mosquito Control Commission" means the commission created 
1.22 	in section 473.702.; and
2.1 	(4) "commercial building" means a building that contains a business classified in 
2.2 	sectors 42 to 81 under the North American Industrial Classification System and that 
2.3 	contracts for 16 cubic yards or more per week of solid waste collection.

2.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2011.